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2024 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

4 Colleges in Wisconsin
268 IE Degrees Awarded
$66,975 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #87 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for industrial engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 268 degrees in industrial engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Industrial Engineering School

Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Wisconsin The ie program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Industrial Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in IE
Master's Degrees in IE
Doctor's Degrees in IE

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Industrial Engineering in Wisconsin

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ie degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Wisconsin Schools in IE

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
150 IE Degrees Awarded
$74,061 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in industrial engineering. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were approximately 150 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison make $7,086 more than the standard ie grad.

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2

Every student pursuing a degree in industrial engineering has to look into Milwaukee School of Engineering. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee. A Best Colleges rank of #491 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means MSOE is a great school overall.

There were roughly 30 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at MSOE in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ie program report average early career earnings of $63,317.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
49 IE Degrees Awarded
$66,712 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Platteville is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial engineering. Located in the town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were roughly 49 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Platteville in the most recent data year. After graduating, ie degree recipients usually earn around $66,712 at the beginning of their careers.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$63,809 Median Starting Salary
$23,077 Median Student Debt

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial engineering. UWM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were roughly 23 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the ie program report average early career earnings of $63,809.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 579
Ohio 314 256
Illinois 304 408
Indiana 294 382

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Industrial Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

IE Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering 268

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 855
Electrical Engineering 465
Civil Engineering 410
Biomedical Engineering 327
Computer Engineering 272
General Engineering 211
Chemical Engineering 147
Materials Engineering 77
Agricultural Engineering 75
Environmental Engineering 72

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